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This week on "The State of Ohio": State lawmakers consider what they can do in the wake of the horrible and yet miraculous escape story out of Cleveland involving three women held prisoner in a house for a decade. New data shows more than half of all violent crimes are committed by a very small numbers of offenders. Lawmakers are now working to target that tiny group. And more thoughts on legislation that would dramatically change rules on unions in Ohio.

Speaker vows to revive veterans' bonus bill, but to fund it as Strickland wants.
	By Karen Kasler - January 6, 2009

As expected, Gov. Ted Strickland has slapped a veto on a bill to give recent war veterans bonuses paid for from the state's rainy day fund. Strickland had wanted the bonuses to be paid for through the sale of bonds. Speaker Armond Budish of suburban Cleveland says he hopes to take up the bonuses issue again soon, but to pay for it in the way the governor wants.

Speaker Armond Budish (D-Beachwood) (:11)

Strickland said in a statement that although vets have earned bonuses for service in the middle East and Afghanistan, the decision to pay for them from the rainy day fund during this economic crisis is - in the governor's words - "simply not fiscally sound."

Hear an earlier story on the veto of the veterans' bonuses bill here.

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